Professional sports are not only very popular in the United States, but also a big business. The most popular sports are baseball, football and basketball. Each sport has its own season and individual teams have millions of supporters. Professional teams are named for the cities where they are located. For example, the Lakers are in Los Angeles. The strongest supporters of the Lakers are residents of Los Angeles and Southern California. When the Lakers play, many people in Los Angles enthusiastically follow the game. When we mention “NBA”, almost every one knows it has some relationship with U.S. professional basketball. However, what does it really stand for? N.B.A. is short for the National Basketball Association. The NBA is gaining new fans and supporters around the world. Basketball is another popular American sport. In the U.S., basketball has been called the “national pastime”. However, football is the most popular professional sport in the U.S.. American football is different from international football, which Americans call “soccer”. Both games require strength and specialized skills.作者: jiangchunheng 时间: 2009-5-17 22:55 标题: "HOW TO”BOOKS
Books which give instructions on how to do things are popular in the United States today. Thousands of these “How To”books are available. In fact, there are about four thousands books with the title that begin with the words “How To”. Many “How To” books give advise on careers, they tell you how to choose a career , and how to succeed in it . Many of these books help people to use their free time better, some people want books which give the useful information about sports , hubbies , and travel, other people use their free time to make prepares on the preferment on their homes, they prefer books which give step by step instructions on how to prepare things like pluming and lecture writing or on how to redecorate or enlarge the house. Why have “How To” books became so popular ? Probably because life have became more complex ,today people have far more free time to use ,more choices to make, and more problems to solve. “How To” books help people to deal with modern life.
